Capital One

Data Engineer 4 (Risk Tech)

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2 months ago
Richmond, VA, USA or McLean, VA, USAStaff+

Base Salary

$179k - $225k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, implement, and support full-stack technical solutions across Agile teams.
  • Influence and mentor developers, data analysts, and data scientists working with machine learning, distributed microservices, lakehouse architecture, and full-stack systems.
  • Design, build, and independently deliver scalable cloud data solutions, applications, platforms, and pipelines.
  • Architect and enforce reusable data engineering design patterns for code quality, maintainability, and consistency across platforms and pipelines.
  • Design data models and end-to-end data solutions using relational and non-relational database systems.
  • Ensure data platforms provide scalability, resilience, operational efficiency, and robust performance as data volume and business demands increase.
  • Implement encryption at rest and in transit, fine-grained access controls, and data privacy compliance standards.
  • Communicate technical concepts and data outcomes to internal and external stakeholders and collaborate with product managers and software engineering.
  • Stay current with data technologies, participate in technology communities, and mentor members of the data community.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field such as Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, or Engineering.
  • At least 4 years of application development experience; internship experience does not apply.
  • At least 2 years of experience with distributed data, SQL, one programming language, and data pipeline design and development.
  • At least 1 year of experience in data modeling and designing end-to-end solutions with relational and non-relational databases.
  • Preferred: 7+ years of application development experience with Python, SQL, Scala, or Java.
  • Preferred: 4+ years designing, deploying, and operating workloads in a public cloud, distributed data or compute workloads, real-time or streaming pipelines, NoSQL systems, or data warehouses.
  • Preferred: experience with data observability, orchestration, reusable data products, vector embeddings, vector search, LLM context retrieval frameworks, and generative AI datasets.

Benefits

  • Capital One offers health, financial, and other benefits supporting employee well-being, with eligibility varying by employment status and management level.
  • The role is eligible for performance-based incentive compensation, including possible cash bonuses and long-term incentives.
  • The posting lists location-specific annual salary ranges for McLean and Richmond, Virginia; applications are accepted for a minimum of 5 business days.

Tech Stack

Amazon DynamoDBAmazon RedshiftApache AirflowApache CassandraApache SparkAWSAzureDatabricksGoogle CloudJavaMongoDBPythonScalaSnowflakeSplunkSQL

Categories

Data Engineering
Capital One

About Capital One

10,000+ employees

Capital One is a U.S. consumer and commercial bank that offers credit cards, checking and savings accounts, auto financing, and lending to small and large businesses. It earns revenue from interest income and interchange/fees across its card and banking products, and develops cloud-based digital services. Founded in 1994, Capital One is publicly traded on the NYSE (COF) and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

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